Whitesnake - Here I Go Again (original 82' version)

[crystal82dawn]

2011 born 1982 ;) This is real and life.....

[runedog379]

like a hobo

[VUPdingCLICK]

david coverdale used to look like a real bloke when he sung for deep purple.

[Urankar3]

AWESOME song 4ever!!!100* btw,watch my guitar version:)))

[dmicklon]

did some budy remake this???? this is not the version of this song that i herd.

[Lexx198]

lol i like "Like a hobo i was born to walk alone"

[thegammageek1]

The song that made me fall in love with the 80s...

[NautyWolf]

yay found the original :D

[brantinja26]

Swietna piosenka.

[AerosmithTylerFan1]

Whitesnake. Need any more be said? (:

[TheFransilma]

Lindaaaaaaaaa

[shaggymag1]

david coverdale was a member from deep purple, but this song is so great i love it, everey time when we made party in cologne all people sing loud!!!!

[samboy1288]

you can argue that the 87 version is glossier and poppier... but it also has way more feel to it. this version is decent but doesn't make you feel near as much as the 87 version.

[Padarack1]

@satv365 Can't say THEY did it ... It was the record company who prettied them up too much .... Yes, David Coverdale didn't have to resemble Joey Tempest and the Whitesnake: Whitesnake album would have still been a huge hit. During that time, lead singers were often pretty boys. The only other side was Metallica, and Slayer, Armored Saint ... where you had to be ugly to be in one of those bands. (But Whitesnake, Bon Jovi, Warrant, and House Of Lords were making WAY more interesting music)

[TheOpal78]

This is my least favourite version of this song!

[krems10]

describes my life...

[redshirtcasualty]

Holy shit!! That chick in the pink shirt is showing a boob!!

[conansdog]

S'ok man, just great to hear the original and if it encourages people to check out when Whitesnake was actually Whitesnake and not David Coverdale and Chums then job done. I just get on my soapbox sometimes about it but you're absolutely right, who cares about a photo. Peace@ChoRdiAc

[Padarack1]

@conansdog Coverdale was the reason Whitesnake was ever anything. His voice (which yes he has less and less of today) and his stage persona. The guys were all great players, but just sayin' ... that's the way it is

[conansdog]

@Padarack1 Fair comment. I prefer the older stuf but that's just me. Coverdale is and always will be a total star. In fact its a tribute to his professionalism that he has managed to keep his voice intact at all for so many years. Fair play.

[Padarack1]

@conansdog I like the original version of "Cryin' In the Rain"

[conansdog]

@Padarack1 Me too

[theplanetking]

Bought the'87 single version of this, the sleeve opens out to a poster of the band circa '87.

Wonder what it's worth ?

[theplanetking]

Why do you show that pic of Whitesnake with this song ?

That's the hair metal Whitesnake.

[Bubenik99]

love this song so much!

[rtm136]

if they could take the chorus from this arrangement and combine it with the hard rock from the whitesnake album, it would be perfect

[FlavioGirl]

i like this version the best.....thanks for sharing this. does anyone have judgment day?

[Wehategod]

Jon Lord on Organ wow this is epic man!!!!

[walterbalderrama]

I like this rocker version more than the power ballad edited some yearse later... 

[TheFloridaboy45]

OK, I'm almost 40.. we went crusing to this song and loved white snake.. that was in the 80's I just moved to a new state a year ago.. I have heard this song over and over like 8 times..since I moved.... Is there a hidden meaning... Like the albumn is about sinners and saints.. any clues, please>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>­>>>>>>..

[erich84502]

This is the first version?

[cherryblossomm23]

I like this one but I LOVE the 87 version, the intro music sounded like a ripoff of Lynyrd Skynyrd's Freebird but the heavy guitar made it more of a rock song.

[conansdog]

Sorry to be a tw*t about this especially as someone has had the good sense to post the original version of this song as opposed to the later made for the American market versions. But why do we have a picture of the '87 line up to accompany it. I know Mickey Moody isn't that attractive but come on now.

[ChoRdiAc]

@conansdog Well, I didn't really think about the picture when I made the video, and I really don't care. Not to be rude or anything, I do understand why you reacted. I won't make any changes though, I'm just happy that this awesome version is on YouTube - so that everybody that loves it can listen to it!

[TommyRau1986]

voll cool das lied

[SKIVADER1986]

Like a hobo I was born to walk alone

[pavaughn1]

I love to see long hair . . . these shaved headed assholes today make me sick. SO UGLY. And the "pants on the ground".....only boys with shit in their diapers.

[thisusersuck]

So much better then the 87 version

[lilbabylevijeans]

from a 80's fan,this is a great song. my guy at the time so called grooved with me to whitesnake in the 80's

[mrsmurter]

some things remain forever...

[alcoyot]

HAHA, "like a hobo!" Still an awesome song though.

[THEKEYWESTRIDER]

This cassette is really good. see, lots of purdy boys I call Friends, why not?

[littleteaboy]

Like a hobo I was born to walk alone"

changed to

"Like a drifter I was born to walk alone"

The change was made because even before finishing writing and recording the 1987 album, Coverdale had decided to release a new version of "Here I Go Again" as one of the singles. He was afraid an American audience might think he was singing "Like a homo, I was born to walk alone" so he changed the lyrics

[littleteaboy]

This sounds like it was recorded during a band practice? It remains, however, the best rock song in the genre.

[archenemy94]

In my opinion this is the only version of this song that is the best, it had the classic line up. David's vocals are true to what he was doing then, and not conforming to the big shots at Geffen who managed to screw it up.

[holydiver73]

They changed hobo to drifter because the american bosses at geffen thought Coverdale was saying 'homo'. This si the best version with Whitesnake's British bollocks clearly on display. (metephorically speaking of course).

[MJL3764]

The original version - the best , the picture shows what Whitesnake became bloody awful, not bloody luxury !`

[dudewtfwastht]

the introduction of talent other than coverdale into the band?i think that only made the band better replaceing all the members with virtuosos was the right thing to do

[MJL3764]

Ian Paice ,Jon Lord , Cozy Powell ,etc are you telling me these players are not virtuosos i

[dudewtfwastht]

the guitar players are schmucks compared to the likes of sykes vandenberg cambell vai aldrich and reb beach the other members are good

[nowhereboy]

I like this version also. The other is unabashedly epic, but this is a good classic rock sound. Both can be enjoyed. Why compete?

[divebomber101]

my thoughts exactly

[nicolegir]

sounds like i went to church with my grandma on sunday. this vers. sucks

[adarias]

yeah, right. BULL, this is awesome, and I totally agree with "nowhere boy", both can be enjoyed.

[ZillaFighter123]

this song is good but I like the new one better not to be mean or anything

[lmd152k8]

this versino was the 1st to be recorded its theb est version in my eyes whitesnake rocks

[Ajwmsaguitarman]

wow this version is so much worse

[FlavioGirl]

this sounds like a good church song. O:-)

[dirkprofile]

This is the only version of this track I can listen to. The abomination DC released in '87 was quite simply ghastly! This era was when Whitesnake were an A Class rock/blues band and before DC turned them into a yummy, girly, American pop combo. (No offence to our cousins across the pond, though this really was pap).

[HammondR100]

Well said dirkprofile! And this version is one of my favorite Jon Lord intros ever

[martoksneghvar]

Vinyl is still going today after 40 years of it release you can do things on vinyl you cant with cd like dj'ing

[nas191]

Actually you can do that with a cd.

[geekneek]

I have picture disks long live vinal

[BENNYHAWKINS1000]

This is the version I remember and have still in the loft. Is it worth a fortune now ? Along with my Iron Maiden picture disks, ACDC picture disk and signed Ozzy album ? All on vinyl, OF COURSE !

[blazejecar]

one of the best

[BBonvoisin]

Hmm... Was it a hobo drifting? Or a drifter hobo-ing?

Don't mind! It's great song!

[angelgirlcro]

like a hobo i was born to walk alone. it means homeless.

[Malc180s]

I thought it was always ¨like a drifter I was born...¨. I guess this was the original lyric

[BBonvoisin]

Definitely not.

I do know this song ever since it was released on Whitesnake's Saints and Sinners album back in 1982. The original lyrics are "Like a hobo I was born".

[pilot865]

Then in '87 they changed it to "Like A Drifter..."

[Corneliustheamoeba]

They changed it because they thought that us dumb American kids would here it is "Like a homo I was born to walk alone."

[tellsitasitis]

I thought the same dude! I looked it up and they changed it to Drifter because Coverdale thought Americans thought it would say "Homo"...

[Edwardcito22]

that is not video only audio,

but is very good

whitesnake glory the 80

[leo5874]

coverdale for president

[TabOraSunset]

This is a great song.

[elfunco]

heavy? this is rock blues. this song is the first version of here i go again, released in 1982 "saints and sinners".

[ChoRdiAc]

Thanks for the update. Didn't do much research before I put it out here. You will be mentioned in the infobox.

[kissman13]

@elfunco This album had different musicians on the studio version!The performers on the cover of the cd only played these songs on tour and lip synced the videos! What a bummer to hear that,i thought for years the cd i was listening to was with Tommy,Rudy and Vivian!Oh well awesome fkn music never the less!

[ulfandra]

i love this song!

thanks

[ClassicRockerChic106]

COVERDALE FOREVER!!!!!

[DJdudeJay]

This so verry good song oh yeah!!!

[munkki9]

white snake rules but i like orgininal version better i have a video of it watch it too

[Ubiquitan]

Your version ain't the original it's the 87 rerelease :) Not sure which version I prefer as it goes, can't decide :P They've both got that epic drop :))

[munkki9]

oh sry i dont rly now whats the original :)

[The001Singer]

Yeah dude COVERDALE FOREVER.

[asianqueen808]

Awesome concert in Honolulu Hi!

[callumAS]

this is a good versin but its not the heavy version...its the newest one...i have a video of it!

[Ordogfioka73]

The best version on "whitesnake greatest hits"

I guess that's the 1987 radio version. Amazing song! Coverdale forever! Zuzu

[JBird831]

great song. yay!!!!!

[hellokittyfani]

oh fuck,what music

[D1037]

lol! It's my Dad's fault I like Whitesnake, but in honesty, what a song!

[pampalass]

@D1037 cause he made u, right? HIGH FIVE!!!!

[D1037]

@pampalass lol! Well I spose. '82 was a good year indeed, I'll be Thirty next year..... HIGH FIVE!

[pampalass]

@D1037 HIGH FIVE!

[worcesterwombat]

the original version...but the pic is from the horrible glam/hair period- eughh!

[polynid]

LOVE it!! :D

[yadhiebusra]

GREAT !!

nice OLDiest version.

thanks for posting too.

[potetmannene]

this is IDD the best version!

[ChoRdiAc]

Indeed it is.

Well, you got a point there... I got this version from an album with different artists, so it doesn't specify who's playing.

[brox68]

Its the best version.....but why show that line up? The line for that album was....

David Coverdale -- lead vocals

Jon Lord -- keyboards

Bernie Marsden - guitars(left before release)

Mel Galley -- guitars

Micky Moody -- guitars, backing vocals

Neil Murray -- bass

Ian Paice -- drums

[texs2007]

Correct! The album was "Saints And Sinners",which was never supposedly to have been available in America in 1982,but I'd seen it in stores on the Mirage/ATCO label.

[misshair]

agreed